UG AN UNPLEASANT WALK. 



After sucli a capital morning's sport, I 

 returned to camp, and did not go out 

 again in the afternoon, for fear of spoiling 

 the next day's shooting for Clapcott, who 

 however, when the time came, was not well 

 enough to accompany us, and we went out 

 without him. We were unfortunate, had 

 very hard work, and lost a burrell early in 

 the morning. In the evening I saved a blank 

 day, by making a wonderfully long shot 

 and kilhng a young male by chance. Inde- 

 pendently of having had no sport, I did not 

 enjoy my walk as usual ; for having hurt 

 my heel the previous evening, by slipping 

 from a rock, I had to walk all day upon the 

 fore part of my foot, and at nightfall found 

 a descent of six or seven miles down a steep 

 and rugged mountain, anything but pleasant. 



Heavy masses of clouds were beginning 

 to collect, and the rains might shortly be 

 expected to set in ; it was therefore time to 

 think of retracing our steps to Derallee, and 

 starting from thence for Koonawur in search 

 of ibex. Koonawiu' is out of the influence 



